Everyone is looking for ways to protect themselves and their loved ones from being infected by the COVID-19 virus. By now we are all familiar with social distancing and wearing masks. Do you find it interesting that there is little news about options for using our body’s built in defense system?

During this past year, a huge number of studies have been done looking to document causes, contributing factors, and treatment options for those with COVID-19. Individuals preferring a holistic/natural approach vs. a pharmaceutical approach may have noticed that news with credible research about the former is hard to find. But there is research that explores preexisting negative health states, such as vitamin D, B, and C deficiencies, that correlate with a patient experiencing more severe COVID-19 symptoms. This suggests the potential for enhancing treatment and prevention plans with simple, inexpensive vitamin therapy. But did you hear about these studies so that you had an opportunity to consider if you were interested in adding vitamins to your personal prevention plan?

The issue this month is a concern about the scarcity of media coverage of the credible research done by unbiased entities validating natural options for improving our chance of staying healthy during this pandemic.

Issue: Are you concerned about the scarcity of positive news related to natural options for preventing COVID-19?

AHHA strives to maintain a neutral position on issues and views knowledge as power. For those interested in this month’s issue, the articles below were selected to show you that there are positive articles related to research on natural protective options. These are presented for you to offer balance to those articles insisting that vitamins are of little value. Happy hunting as you do research toward possibly expanding your personal plan of action for reducing the possibility of catching the virus. As always, discuss your plan of action with your physician.

The Current Coronavirus Pandemic: It’s Likely Caused By More Than One Pathogen And There Is A Missing Antidote (4/26/20)
by Bill Sardi
National Health Federation
[Almost a year ago there was mention of the impact of vitamin deficiencies on COVID-19 survival]

Strong Correlation Between Prevalence of Severe Vitamin D Deficiency and Population Mortality Rate from COVID-19 in Europe (7/1/20)
by Isaac Z. Pugach and Sofya Pugach
medRxiv
[Correlation of vitamin D deficiency significant & deserving of studies toward treatment & prevention]

Vit D Gets Nod from Congress (2/28/21)
Alliance for Natural Health USA
[Researchers and doctors calling on governments to raise the daily recommended intake of vitamin D from 400 IU to 4,000 IU to reduce the severity of COVID-19]

Be well: A potential role for vitamin B in COVID-19 (8/14/20)
by Hira Shakoor, et al.
Maturitas
[Vitamin B status should be assessed in COVID-19 patients and vitamin B could be used as a non-pharmaceutical adjunct to current treatments]

Can vitamin C prevent or treat COVID-19 (coronavirus)?  (3/26 /20)
Drugs.com
[People who are deficient in vitamin C could be more at risk of SARS-CoV-2, or of developing severe COVID-19 because their immunity is impaired.]

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